I.sketched in shadow, à la silhouette, in general or in outline (opp. adamussim): “quasi adumbratim paulum simulata videntur,” as it were covered with shadows, dimly resembling, Lucr. 4, 363.
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ădumbrātim , adv. adumbro,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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